World Rally Championships champion Sebastien Ogier won the World Safari Rally title in Naivasha, Kenya as the championships came to a close today.
Kenya’s Onkar Rai was the best Kenyan on position
The Frenchman made history to win the title after making a comeback when his rear damper had been damaged.
On his official twitter account, Ogier wrote: “It’s been an amazing experience to be here. The support we got from the people here is incredible. There was a huge amount of people cheering for us on road sections. It’s a great win for us. After our troubles on Friday, we had a really good weekend. We had really good pace and the car was amazing.”
He edged Japanese Takamoto Katsuta to second.
He wrote: “It’s feeling very good. It has been a very long weekend. Okay, everybody had some problems, but we survived and that’s why we are here. I am very happy with the team and the car, so thanks to them.”
Ott Tanak was third and wrote: “This rally, my approach was like 50 to 60 per cent maximum, not do any mistakes and be as smooth as possible. It’s a shame Thierry couldn’t work it out. Let’s see – now we go back to Estonia, so it should be fun.
World Rally Championships
- Sebastien Ogier (FRA)/ Julien Ingrassia (FRA)-3:18.11.3
- Takamoto Katsuta (JPN)/ Daniel Barritt (ENG)- +21:8
- Ott Tanak (EST)/ Martin Jarveoja (EST)- +1:09.5
- Adrien Fourmax (FRA)/ Remoud Jamoul (FRA)- +1:4.7
- Gus Greensmith (ENG)/ Chris Patterson (ITL)- +1;54.6
- Kalle Rovanpera (CAN)/Jonne Halttunen (CAN)- +10:53.4
- Onkar Rai- (KEN) / Drew Sturrock (ENG)- +29:26.4
- Karan Patel (KEN) / Touseel Khan (KEN)- +33:30.4